I'm Really Not the Demon God's Lackey Chapter 271: Blackie Whom He Hadn't Seen For A Long Time

Andrew named this ruby… Jerome.

Ji Zhixiu's breath was taken away as chill surged up her spine, and her body instinctively tensed up.

Fear seemed to tightly grip her heart as she gazed at the red gem in Boss Lin's hand.

As if fog was clearing, some details that she hadn't noticed prior suddenly became clear.

That red gem was actually an extremely pure philosopher's stone that contained a massive amount of aetheric energy within. But because it was still too fresh, a faint scent of blood and life force still lingered.

Then, an even more terrifying realization sprang upon her—

That philosopher's stone is Jerome!

With great difficulty, she turned to look at her father, who met her gaze stiffly. Ji Bonong's face was white as a sheet, and he didn't even dare to wipe the cold beads of sweat that had formed on his forehead. Fear and helplessness were clearly showing in his eyes.

Even though he was just an ordinary person, he knew about the world of transcendent beings far better than most transcendent beings themselves. He was no fool either and of course immediately grasped what the owner had implied.

While he had said, "whatever the price is doesn't matter," in the next moment, he had very casually pointed out that the gem he was toying with was in fact a human life...

Clearly, the bookstore owner was trying to imply that "What you see is the price you will pay should you fail to satisfy me."

What an incomparably terrifying existence! He's not just powerful; even his words alone can create such a formless yet pressurizing might...

Ji Bonong vaguely got the same feeling as when he had seen those men of the Central District who truly controlled Norzin.

This was different from facing higher-rank transcendent beings.

He had interacted with many transcendent beings, and most of them would directly unleash their aura and use the most straightforward power to intimidate ordinary mortals like him.

This was the law of the jungle. The instinctive shudder and fear would directly destroy a person's sanity and dignit

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